Billy

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It's not surprising that Qatar is interested in picking up Rosneft's assets in Germany, given their existing strong ties with Russia. The Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), which is Qatar's sovereign wealth fund, already owns nearly 19% of Rosneft’s shares, a stake they acquired back in 2016. This move was a significant step in bolstering economic connections between Russia and Qatar. If this deal goes through, it could further deepen those ties and give Qatar even more influence in Europe's energy sector.

[–] Billy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

So Palestinians are Hamas?
Why is Iran not helping Fatah?
Their support of Hamas is on ideological grounds. Israel is holy waqf land that belongs to Muslims and should be cleansed from Jews.

Even when Egypt had sovereignty over Gaza they made sure to prevent Palestinians from going to Egypt.

Tunnels from Lebanon... to Gaza..? Where'd you read that?
Hezbollah begun bombing Israel in support of Hamas. They're also funded by Iran (much more than Hamas though).
Meanwhile Palestinians live in camps in Lebanon. Some of those walled and surrounded by watchtowers.
They have less rights there than anyone else (including refugees and migrant workers), despite living there for 3 generations at this point.

Turkey under Erdogan has been mostly hosting Hamas leaders while bombing Kurds in Syria.

I don't think much needs to be said about Assad.

The only country in the area which actually helped Palestinians was Jordan. Although that also changed for a while after Black September.

Most of UNRWA's funding over the years has come from the EU and USA.

[–] Billy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 4 months ago

Peer review isn't perfect, but it's supposed to filter out papers with obvious and major flaws.
And usually scientific journals which are more highly regarded, are supposed to be more strict in their peer review process than others. Which is how they become highly regarded in the first place.

The hydroxychloroquine paper for example had major flaws in the design of the analysis. There wasn't even a need for an expert in order to discover that, and you're supposed to have experts doing the peer review process in such a highly regarded journal.

[–] Billy@lemmy.dbzer0.com -3 points 4 months ago (4 children)

You should always be critical of what you read.
The Lancet is the journal that published Andrew Wakefield's fraudulent MMR paper.
Also the journal that had one of the biggest retractions in modern history of a paper on Hydroxychloroquine.

[–] Billy@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 4 months ago

Yes, I replied to someone who implied that the USA has been giving Israel military aid since 1944.

I don't understand what are you trying to say with the rest of your reply.
I already wrote that Israel bought it from the USA.

[–] Billy@lemmy.dbzer0.com -3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

USA only started selling weapons to Israel in the 1960's, and initially only defensive weapons.
Before that, the USA had an arms embargo on Israel. Israel got its weapons from Czechoslovakia (under Soviet rule) and later, France.

[–] Billy@lemmy.dbzer0.com -4 points 4 months ago (4 children)

These systems were bought years before the US military grants were started for Israel.

[–] Billy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 months ago

I highly doubt it. But one can hope.

[–] Billy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (6 children)

Systems Israel bought and later also upgraded to GEM+.

[–] Billy@lemmy.dbzer0.com -4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

How you managed to draw this conclusion from your previous statement, is a mystery to me.

A state that is currently glorifying Nazi collaborators will automatically be dismissed as hostile to Jews and to Israel. Any action of theirs in related matters is therefore irrelevant.
Unless they have a different goal. Like getting closer to states like Iran.

And since you mentioned Nazi collaborations, I'll say the following. I noticed that the sources you provided the one is Zionist and the other Polish, and both collaborated with Nazis for sure.

How is that relevant to news sources?
I was pointing out that Armenia is currently glorifying a Nazi collaborator, building statues of him and calling him a hero. Not in the past.

[–] Billy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (17 children)

I mean.. It's even in the name there. RAF is Royal Air Force.

[–] Billy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 5 months ago

The sovereign base areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia is a British Overseas Territory. Cyprus has no sovereignty over that area.
If that's Hezbollah's issue, they should've threatened the UK.

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